The sickle-billed hummingbird is a small bird with a very long and strongly curved bill. It lives in tropical forests of Central and South America and feeds on nectar.
The sickle-billed hummingbird differs from other hummingbirds in beak shape, suited only to certain flowers. It is important as a pollinator of tropical plants.
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Tropical moist forest
Worker
Elders
Bro
birth time
Taxons
Picking small food items from foliage, ground, or other surfaces.
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Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
probing
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Map
will celebrate their {n} birthday
Wings count
g
age
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
birth date
Palearctic realm
no permanent shelter
Close
very hot and very humid all year round, rain almost every day
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South and Central America, hot and humid, huge forests
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
Bill count
The basics
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
Neotropical realm
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
beak
adult
Maturity
primary food sources
Neotropical realm
South and Central America, hot and humid, huge forests
Potential Habitat
About health
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Repro interval
results
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
aerial
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
Colors
Sex
{name} birthday
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
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Always hot
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alpine meadows and arctic tundra on land
Trophic type
Filters
On the map
forest
Tail count
all life stages
Female ♀
always hot and humid, huge trees and vines
Upcoming birthdays
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
nectar
birth year
Maturity
16 to 24 grams, 7 – 12 centimeters
rains almost always, very humid
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
Age (from birth to death)
sq mm
yr
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
Wanderers
Feeding occurs in open air space above ground or water.
How similar?
Wings size
world of Australasia
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Male ♂
until the celebration
Inserts beak, snout, or tongue into substrate to locate buried or hidden food.
baby / chick
hawking
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
Neither
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
Young offspring still dependent on parental care.
Lifespan average
nectar
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
forests on land — tropical, temperate, boreal
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
Wings color
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
Share
small insects
Duration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
Always hot and wet
gleaning
This is me
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
Always very wet
Gamers
flight
Pets
How are they built?
small insects without further specification
Indomalayan realm
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
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My age?
wk
My size?
terrestrial
sweet nectar and flower pollen
{name} jubilee
Asexual
swap
Bill size
cm
Old-timers
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Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
nectarivore
active predation
Captures prey or food items while in active flight.
turns
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Rascals
Where do they take shelter?
terrestrial forest
Tail color
celebrated their {n} birthday
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
very hot all year round, frequent rains, but sometimes dry
Litter size
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
foraging
°C
Not specified
Capturing or collecting food while airborne.
alpine and arctic tundra
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Actively searching habitats to locate food items.
Where are they found?
Mandarin
Species lacks any fixed or lasting shelter structure.
embryo
Hard, projecting mouthpart used to probe, pluck, or crack food.
Length
kg
Bill color
Observations
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